Manager Maintenance - Westmoreland

Essential Job Functions:

Implement the plant’s preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance program.  Manage equipment failure records and use to diagnose root cause of repetitive failures.  Manage equipment performance trend information and provide to Plant Manager and others.  Employ best in class techniques to enhance plant performance (capacity, heat rate, and availability).

Oversee and coordinate the daily activities of the maintenance staff. Manage and monitor planned and unplanned maintenance activities and coordinate outage activities including outage planning.

Ensure the computerized maintenance management system (Infor EAM) is utilized and kept current by maintenance personnel for equipment maintenance history, work orders, purchase orders, and inventory control.

Oversee and manage maintenance team staffing, training and qualification plans.  Assist with the location, screening, and hiring of plant personnel.  Ensure the goals of all maintenance personnel are aligned with goals of the facility and Owner.  Provide ongoing feedback to the Operations Manager regarding effectiveness of the Training Manual.

Provide safe working environment and promote attitude of safety awareness for all plant personnel including actively ensuring the safety of others.  Oversee the plant’s Safety Program and ensure that it is compliant with local, state, and federal requirements.  Develop and implement incentive programs for personnel and plant safety records and milestones.  Maintain the plant’s Safety Manual.

Work together with the Operations Manager to identify maintenance activities, which are required to maintain and enhance the operability of the plant.  Work together with the Plant Engineer to identify and implement plant improvement projects to enhance plant performance and reduce corrective maintenance activities.  Develop hybrid reliability-centered maintenance program to minimize maintenance costs while maximizing plant availability.

Enhance image of plant as a good neighbor to the community and the environment.  Encourage involvement and participation of plant staff in community activities.

Provide necessary reports to the Owner and/or Utilities.  Oversee the daily upkeep of necessary plant logs and records.

Provide leadership to all plant personnel.  Conduct periodic reviews of plant maintenance policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current plant goals, operating requirements, and the industry’s best in class.  Enhance the morale and motivation of maintenance personnel and handle employee concerns in a timely and diplomatic manner.

Complete special projects as required by the Plant Manager.

Dependable, reliable and predictable attendance is required for this position.

Must possess a valid, in-state motor vehicle operator’s license at all times.

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

BS in Engineering is required.  Six or more years of experience in the maintenance of power generating facilities, including significant exposure to gas turbine power plants.  Three or more years of supervisory experience are required.  Demonstrated skills in 1) maintenance of control systems (microprocessor-based), rotating equipment, and high-pressure boilers (1800 psig or more), 2) utilization of computerized maintenance management systems, and 3) personnel management.  History of development of innovative and creative problem-solving approaches to improving various aspects of facility performance including technical, personnel, and business.  Must have strong leadership, motivational, and communication (oral and written) skills, including the ability to communicate effectively to large groups.

 Physical Demands:

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

0-24%

25-49%

50-74%

75-100%

Vision: Must be able to read reports and use computer.

 

 

 

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Hearing: Must be able to hear well enough to communicate with co-workers.

 

 

 

 

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Standing/Walking: Must be able to stand for long periods of time and walk to various areas throughout the plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bending/Stooping/Kneeling: Must be able to bend, stoop or kneel down to work with equipment or materials.  Must be able to work in confined spaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stair/Ladder Climbing: Must be able to climb stairs and/or ladders on equipment at the plant.  Must be able to walk on platforms at high altitudes (80 feet or higher)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lifting/Pulling/Pushing: Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds and pull or push equipment or materials. Moderate over-head reaching and lifting and grasping is necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fingering/Grasping/Feeling: Must be able to write, type, and use phone system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Working Conditions:

 Position requires extended working hours and varied shifts with probable weekend and holiday work, as required by schedules, workload and plant conditions.  Position will require on-call status.  Protective clothing and equipment is required for the plant site.

All employees will participate in the Fitness for Duty Program.  This program includes a pre-employment physical examination and drug screening, and random drug screening during employment.  Extensive smoking restrictions exist in and around the facility.

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